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Alim Kheraj’s Biography

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Freelance music and pop culture journalist. Former editorof PopBuzz. Words @ i-D, Dazed, Noisey, Wonderland, Attitude, Popjustice.

Alim Kheraj’s Journalist Portfolio

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lgbtq cinema is more popular than ever so why are we still lacking diversity? | read | i-D

lgbtq cinema is more popular than ever so why are we still lacking diversity? | read | i-D

Why we need to look beyond one voice within film.

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Years & Years Interview: "We're all crippled with anxiety."

Years & Years Interview: "We're all crippled with anxiety."

PopBuzz chat to Years & Years about label meetings, booking women at festivals and whether there are just too…

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Perfume Genius Is Throwing Two-Fingers Up to Homophobia on His Third Album | NOISEY

Perfume Genius Is Throwing Two-Fingers Up to Homophobia on His Third Album | NOISEY

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Getting To Know Alessia Cara, Music's New Anti-Hero

Getting To Know Alessia Cara, Music's New Anti-Hero

We interviewed the girl making introverts cool again.

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Troye Sivan Interview: "Maybe I was hurt in a past life."

Troye Sivan Interview: "Maybe I was hurt in a past life."

We caught up with the Troye to chat about his new EP "Wild", online backlash and balancing YouTube with being…

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the top 10 most underrated britney tracks | read | i-D

the top 10 most underrated britney tracks | read | i-D

To many of her fans, Britney Spears is considered a deity, often nicknamed The Holy Spearit. But to most, she…

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The end of Heartstopper is a bittersweet loss – it’s never felt scarier to be young and queer

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| Inkl
Joe Locke and Kit Connor in Heartstopper Forever. Photograph: Netflix After six books, three seasons of television and a film-length finale, Heartstopper has come to an end. Often dubbed the most wholesome show on TV, Netflix’s adaptation of Alice Oseman’s young adult LGBTQ+ graphic novel series, which itself began life as a web comic, is a legitimate cultural phenomenon, turning its two leads – Kit Connor and Joe Locke – into household names, while racking up tens of millions of views.
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The gay quarter is dead, long live the gay quarter

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| The Sheffield Tribune Verified
Make your way to the bottom end of the Moor, to the slightly unloved corner in the shadow of the Moorfoot building, and you’ll find the almost lifeless remains of Sheffield’s “Gay Quarter”. When the concept was first launched in 2018, its self-appointed “project manager,” Matt Taylor, suggested it could one day rival Manchester’s Gay Village. True, there was only actually one LGBT venue in this so-called gay quarter at the time – Dempseys – but that was about to change.
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CONFESSIONS II : Madonna lets her guard down on the dancefloor

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| Crack Magazine Verified
Looking back has never come naturally to Madonna. On CONFESSIONS II, she does so without succumbing to nostalgia, delivering her most honest, cohesive and creatively liberated album in over 20 years. For Madonna, the dancefloor has always been serious business. “People think that dance music is superficial. But they’ve got it all wrong,” she declares on the pulsing One Step Away, the third track on CONFESSIONS II. “The dancefloor is not just a place, it’s a threshold.
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How is social media changing news?

Social media has created an intensified 24 hour news cycle, one where every person involved can become the reporter and break the story.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

I prefer to pitched via email.

Who do you wish followed you?

Ariana Grande or Rihanna.